Customize your StartMenu for PPCKitchen.org's - BuildOS - Tutorial

[rstoyguy]

Originally Posted by colonel

One suggestion....

Instead of having to edit .lnk files within rars or anywhere else, it would be easier to just create new .lnk files and have them in the OEM in User_OEM. These will overwrite any shortcut files that are in OEM or SYS. This is also a good idea since it reduces the risk of unintentional errors when messing with core files. I will definitely look at this though. Looks like a helpful tool. Perhaps we can streamline it further.

I tried that initially, but since the files are already entered in the initflashfiles.dat, I was getting duplicates. So I came up with the renaming thing...That and my start menu\programs list was 3 pages with QuickMenu.

Originally Posted by colonel

One suggestion....
Also, after rereading, are you talking about the start menu or Start Menu\Programs? I am thinking it looks more like \Programs. If this is the case, I can show you an even easier way to do everything you want to do here. While BuildOS may be "limited" this is done to keep it simple. However, you can do just about anything you can think of with it while leaving the core files in the .rars.

This whole project started because the of the files in \windows\start menu directory, since these are mostly \sys files I came up with this. But it also covers \windows\start menu\programs as well.

Originally Posted by colonel

Anyway, I will try to get to it and create a provxml to show you how to do what you want.

One other thing, you don't technically need to create the directory as long as there is a shortcut going into it. However, if it is going to be empty for now, you have to create it seperately.

Good work though and I think this will help a lot of people.

I've read up on provxml and tried creating the mxip series type of files, with no luck for moving the files or keeping a certain reg key the same value after a soft reset. I did notice I didn't have to create the dir first, but I thought I'd go with a cautious approach just in case. I haven't coded in years, but that MenuIzer program sounds like it could be popular! And thanks!